Category Archives: Holidays

Quiet Period over for Groupon

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The company has been in a “quiet period” for a long time; and even though we went public via an IPO – we couldn’t talk about the company. We were in what is called “registration”, and then you can’t talk about the company for about a month after you go public. Of course – anyone else could talk all they wanted about the company.

Here is a blog post from co-founder and CEO of Groupon Andrew Mason. In it – he does offer a glimpse of how the holiday season has kicked off. I won’t add any value to these words and numbers; what do you think of them?

It feels good to be transparent and talk or at least point to Andrew’s blog again. Thank you.

Small Business Saturday – Nov 26th!

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Small Business Saturday is a coming again.

Saturday – November 26th.

Support your neighbor – go shopping and support a small business!

Do holiday shopping locally.

Stimulate your own local economy, I am very proud of American Express for being so seminal in this effort. Facebook is a big supporter. Groupon is too. Small Business – America’s lifeblood – the job creation engine for our country. Get involved – support your neighbor and small businesses. Read all about this effort here.

Enjoy the Long Weekend

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My family and I went to the Nationals game last night. What a wonderful game with a walk off home run for the win by the Nats. It was a beautiful night with a great crowd cheering on a young team that is now at the 500 level after half the season has been completed.

The Nationals are doing it right. They will be a very good team for a long, long time. Kudos to the Lerner family.

I thought we have had a very productive off season to date at the Washington Capitals. As noted months ago in my blog we were quite disappointed after losing in round 2 of the playoffs. We would have to let time pass. We would have to be analytic and then become firm in our moves to make. No emotions. Just trying to calmly change the team up and manage the cap well.

Yesterday was busy. As noted.

I think we have been one of the most active teams in the NHL in recrafting ourselves. Hopefully in the right way. Time will tell.

We will be able to resign Karl Alzner and Troy Brouwer so everyone who is amped up, please try to relax just a bit.

We will enter the new season with a very good team and a team that is changed in terms of personality from last season.

We will look to make some trades in the off season maybe even sign another free agent. We will continue to look at all of our options. We may not be able to get anything done. We may be able to do something. Time will tell.

I want to thank the players that have played for us and are now free agents and may end up on other teams. I am grateful for their service and for their contributions to our community. I can thank folks individually later – for now – I am quite happy for Boyd Gordon. He received a great offer and I am sure he will prosper with his new team. Thanks Boyd from everyone here in our community. You were a terrific person and player. You will be missed.

I intend to spend some quality time reading and relaxing and being with family this long weekend so I think this will be one of my last blog posts until next week. Enjoy the time off. Enjoy the fantastic weather here. Go Caps!